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      V^Yv We Give Publicity In This Number To...

      m orally very serious , are neither difficult nor m » a IMT ¦ ¦ A _ •

      slow of detection . The impressive letter ^ of ' An Old Bookseller' deals with a different

      class—with young men who have in reality begun their business careers , and upon whose

      actions depend the success or ruin of their life's mission . We are glad to notice the

      writer ' s ready acknowledgment that honesty and straightforwardness ~ are the prevailing

      characteristics of the vast majority of young men in the trade . These will be the first to

      admit the justice and the kindness of the warning so urgently ' advanced by 4 An Old

      Bookseller , ' whose words , it is to he hoped , will also re-animate the better thoughts of

      those who , as Steele says , may at present be

      ' sacrificing the sentiments of the soul to gratify the appetites of the body /

      Sept. 15, 1886 The Publishers' Circular ...

      sept . 15 , 1886 The Publishers' Circular 1007

      Cassell's National Library. — Thirty-

      Cassell ' s National Library . —

      Thirtyseven volumes of this now celebrated series of books for the people have been issued . The latest are * Religio Medici' * The Diary ~~ of

      , Samuel Pepys , ' Milton ^ s * Earlier Poems / « 'Voyages in Search of the North-West

      Passage , ' ' The m- » Sorrows / -X of Werther TTT I ^ , ' and Johnson -W •* ' s ' Lives of the Poets . ' We observe that Mr .

      Punch has applied a new rendering of an old proverb to this collection . The merry sage

      of Bouverie Street now says that * Every Englishman ' s House has his Cassell . '

      The ' Political Science Quarterly . — Mr ¦ . Henry ¦ Frowdeof the Clarendon Press

      has ^™ undertaken ^^| L " ^^^ 4 M 4 ^^^* V ^ fl ^^ ^^* ~ ~ . » the ^ ¦ ^^^ , ^ H charge ^^ " ^ ^^^ " » ^ " - ^^^ r of ^^ " ~ the ^^ - ^ - ™ " " ¦ ^— publication ~ " — ^ ^^ ¦ —¦ V ~ " ~ , of this review in Great Britain . The

      prospectus says that the Political Science Quarterly lipview is established to furnish a field for the

      discussion of all questions—historic , economic , or legal—which concern the organisation of

      the the state shat . p . the tVift evolution ftvolntion or of law law . the the relation relation ot of states one , to anotherand , the relation of government to the individual , ¦ . The ¦ ¦ topics

      # J ^^ ^™ —* Jib ^ k ^» ^^ ^^ m JL ^ L ^^^ M ^^ J ^ L ^ V ^^ J ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ F ^^^ ^^ . ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ * ^^ . * ^^^^^ . ^^^^^ ^ . ^^^ < a ^ v ^ p ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^ p ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^ r * - ^^ r ^ discussed will be treated from a scientific point of " ~ view » * . ^ j v j by j ^ f v writers TT A X v ^/ M . KJ who * * i **^ - ' have A & i « » v- ' aa mad &«^ vv © « x / special »* # j- ' ^ ^ . ^ j . *^» j .

      study of the subjects they undertake . The results of the scientific investigation of political

      and economic questions can , it is believed , be so presented 1 ' * vo \ jmoM , as CLo to \ j \ J be M \? perfectl L / V / x xv / VUJ y w intelli uiuvamui g . ible vj . v to \ j \ s

      ^ will ny make one if liberall it their y educated aim to hav AAMl , and »¦ e them the so editors

      sented - »* i . . k The ' X % / Political U 11 . V / AJ . ( 4 IXXAA Science */ v ^ Quarterl ^ - ^ % / jl * . ^ - ' *¦>« . y Review *~ r pre f ^ " ** ^^ will be devoted primarilto the investigation

      y ° States f questions . But of as present the editors interest think in the that United the

      a experience nd the "•• vi more utux of recent I the DVCUl older developments U . O V civilisations v ^ v / pill v ^^ vu of \_ »* of American i . i . Europe > iiuixvuui ,

      politics and beneficial , may , th made ey hope mutuall to obtai y instructive n the cooperation of prominent lish publicistsand

      ^ us mak e their undertaking Eng in some degree , ^ ternational in its character .

      New Bookbinding . —Mr . Stoneham , of Mes s rs- . W »' - . G vjt . . Stoneham » o LUll tyildflll t & *> Co v > m . . , has iict » shown oiufwiM . uq utj

      ? * n ° ine leather specimens . The of improvement his new style of is bookbinding seen in the fill I \ o 4- » t--.-. I" f . ¦* t . i n i 1

      j ^__ l ^ l ___ , ot Inetal plates in place or tne

      Cassell's National Library. — Thirty-

      dep ordinary arture boards will be . qui Those ck to who acknowled see the ge i new ita

      merits . The covers are flexible ; they do not swell with damp ; and the book may be read

      at the fireside without the chance of * injury from heat . A fine smoothness is noticeable

      in the laying of the leather . Spaces may be made in the inside of the front cover of the

      books for the reception of photographs . Messrs . Stoneham are to be complimented

      upon the durable and elegant appearance of their new productions .

      Australasian Exports . —From January 1 to August 31 the following figures represent

      the book and stationery trades exports to Australasia : —

      Books Printing "Writing Stap « r + - * * Paper Cwt Paper Cwt tionery £

      . . Victoria New South Wales 3 S , 684 719 2 1 , 468 201 12 22 , 220 50 56 , 8 803 12 46 42 , 778 161 South South Australia Australia ... . 1 1 . , 549 549 , 60 3 3 . , 668 668 99 . , 61 61 G G 8 8 . , 01 0133

      Queensland Western Australia 1 . , 254 058 — 17 1 , , 961 12 11 , . 982 822 1 2 , , , 257 176 New Tasmania Zealand 3 , 443 599 11 , — 166 2 , 096 565 32 3 , , 457 717 17 3 , , 667 325 m i ^ , » .

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      A volume which must be looked forward to with much interest by literary people is

      The 'Letters boo , k 1834 will -1884 be ' publi by Abraham shed soon Hay by ward Mr . .

      Murray . Mr . Frederick Barnard's annual portfolio

      of character sketcih . es will be devoted to Thackeray this year . The sketches will depict

      'Becky Sharp / the 'Little Sister , ' ColoneL NewcomeMajor PendennisCaptain

      Costigan , and , Major Dobbin . , Messrs . Cassell & Co . ( Limited ) are again the publishers of

      this delightful art annual . * Sketches of my Life' by the late Hobart

      , Pasha , is promised by Messrs . Longmans & Co .

      Sir Francis Hastings Doyle ' s ' Reminiscences and Opinions ' will be published by Messrs . Longmans & Co .

      6 Mountaineering below the Snow Line' is the title of a new work published by Mr .

      George Redway . The author is Mr . M . Paterson , of Bradford ; and the book is

      illustrated with etchings of scenes in ' Snowdonia . ' ' Landon Deecroft' is the title of a new

      Socialistic novel dealing with Socialism from the point of view of the Socialists themselves .

      The work is by a new author , and the publisher is Mr . W . Reeves .

      One of our nine days' wonders at present is the result of the great international yacht race

      in America . No one having the slightest interest in the subject should fail to read Captain R . F .

      Coffin ' s 'History of American Yachting , ' now appearing of r » f manly manlv recreation r in & c . Outing rpifttinn . , . thechief . Reaidea Besides monthl the the continuation continuation y magazine

      of this important contribution , the September part of the magazine contains the twelfth instalment of Mr . Thomas Stevens' exciting

      narrative , * Around the World on a Bicycle , ' and several other appropriate and stirring

      articles relating to sport or dinerent kinds .

  • Citation
    • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Sept. 15, 1886, page 1007, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_15091886/page/5/